CalBike Celebrates 25 Years of Bike Accomplishments
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Celebrating achievements, and outlining what's ahead for 2020
Councilmember Moves to Get Rid of One of L.A.’s Rare Protected Bike Lanes
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L.A. City Councilmember John Lee's motion seeks an LADOT evaluation of the Reseda Boulevard lanes, with the possibility of "return[ing] to the original street design"
Walk San Francisco Marks Year of Progress
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During Woonerven party, advocates celebrate milestones for safer, more walkable streets
Rural America Cashes in Under Trump
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It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Caltrans finishing up climate vulnerability assessments for highways, bridges (Mass Transit)
- A Green New Deal for Oakland (Prospect)
- Caltrans District 4 and UC Berkeley SafeTREC look for input from bike riders (Sonoma News)
- Adapting software to help design better bike routes (Intelligent Transport)
- The sordid history of housing discrimination in the U.S. (Vox)
- Gentle density can save neighborhoods (Brookings)
- Same day shipping has changed warehouses (Urban Omnibus)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Beverly Hills Planning Complete Streets, Including Walk, Bike, Transit Improvements
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Beverly Hills is proposing protected bike lanes, bus-only lanes, open streets events, first/last mile subway connections, and more
Skirmish Over High-Speed Rail Funds
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At Assembly Transportation Committee hearing, parochial discussions continue about transferring money to Southern California commuter rail
Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In to Protest Garcetti and City Council Lack of Vision Zero Progress
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What will it take for Los Angeles' Mayor Eric Garcetti and the L.A. City Council to take hundreds of annual traffic deaths seriously?
A BILL OF GOODS: Why are We Putting Up With Parking-Protected Bike Lanes?
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We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Could CA build a high-speed rail tunnel under Burbank airport? (Transport Topics)
- CA planners starting to move away from Level of Service measure of traffic (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
- Trump asks court to throw out CA lawsuit on auto emissions standards (Transport Topics)
- Are you paying too much for rent, even on a rent-controlled apartment? (Curbed)
- Hospitals are building affordable housing (NextCity)
- CO2 emissions hit record high in 2019 (NY Times)
- Failed action on climate raises the stakes (Nation of Change)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
A Graphic Guide to the 2020 U.S. Census
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Results from the upcoming U.S. 2020 Census will guide allocations of billions of dollars for highways, transit, health care, education, and many other government services. But there are some really big challenges.